First
Visit in Five Months, Family Member Meets with Xinna, Wife of
Hada

SMHRIC

July 8, 2011

New York

Hada's brief
family
reunion in
Hohhot

Mr. Khas, brother of
Ms. Xinna, wife of
prominent political
prisoner Hada, met
with Xinna on July
5, 2011 at the Inner
Mongolia No.1
Detention Center in
Hohhot, capital city
of Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region,
China. This is the
first time since
February 20, 2011, a
relative has been
allowed to meet with
a member of the Hada
family.

Hada, a Southern
(Inner) Mongolian
political prisoner
who served 15 years
in a Chinese jail,
was scheduled to be
released on December
10, 2010. But
instead of being set
free, Hada was
arrested and put
under detention
along with his wife
Xinna and son Uiles.
Currently all three
members of the
family are being
held in separate
facilities: Hada is
imprisoned in a
secret prison in
suburban Hohhot;
Xinna is in the
Inner Mongolia No.1
Detention Center;
Uiles is in the
Inner Mongolia No.3
Detention Center.

According to
Ms.Hanshuulan,
Xinna’s 84 year old
mother, after many
requests Xinna’s
brother Khas was
allowed to meet with
Xinna at the
detention center for
about an hour. It
was obvious that
Xinna was suffering
under the stress of
an open ended
detention and
charges of “engaging
in illegal business”
referring to her
bookstore business.
The authorities have
as yet failed to
present any evidence
to support their
accusation.

“Despite the lack of
evidence, the Public
Security Bureau told
us that Xinna needs
to be held in
detention for some
time,” Hanshuulan
told the Southern
Mongolian Human
Rights Information
Center (SMHIRC) over
the phone, “we are
not allowed to visit
Hada and Uiles. But
we are still
demanding a meeting
with both of them”.

Hanshuulan also told
SMHRIC that the
Public Security
Personnel have been
visiting her and her
daughter Ms Naraa
frequently to force
them to persuade
Hada to give up his
idea of
non-cooperation.

“A few days ago,
they brought us
three recent photos
of Hada, showing
Hada was allowed to
go out with them to
a nearby mountain,”
Hanshuulan said,
“yet, Hada considers
this worthless, and
is determined to sue
the authorities once
he is released for
their deprivation of
his freedom and
inhumane treatment.”

Ms. Naraa, Xinna’s
sister, has been in
poor health due to
the authorities’
persistent pressure
and frequent
harassments.
Hanshuulan told
SMHRIC that Naraa
has been forced to
write letters to
Hada under the
instruction of the
Public Security
personnel stating
that all of his
relatives are no
longer supporting
him and trying to
stay away from him.
Outraged by this,
Naraa refused to
write the letters
and fell sick for
several days. Naraa
was also threatened
multiple times that
she will be thrown
into jail if she
continues to reveal
any information
about the family to
foreign journalists
and human rights
groups.

“All of our
conversations are
tapped by them. They
even asked me
directly if I
answered the calls
of SMHRIC. I told
them yes, ‘I did,
and I will’,”
Hanshuulan continued
over the phone and
expressed her
gratitude to SMHRIC,
“on behalf of the
family, I thank you
for your continuing
attention to Hada,
Xinna and Uiles.”

“They told me that
those foreign groups
and journalists are
liars. I laughed at
them and told them
‘don’t try to fool
me. I lived to 84
years old. I know
who is good and who
is bad,’” excited
and determined,
Hanshuulan,
continued, “I told
them if they want to
take me to their
detention center, go
ahead. I am happy to
die there!”